ICLM: Discover, teach, treatI.C. Learning & Memory

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Laura DeNardo

The DeNardo Lab seeks to understand how the organization of cortical circuits gives rise to behavior. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) contributes to many learned behaviors including fear memory retrieval, extinction, and avoidance, and is broadly connected with the limbic system, association cortices, and neuromodulatory systems. However, it is not well understood how ensembles of mPFC neurons are organized to contribute to these diverse behaviors. We use innovative genetic tools and imaging technologies to define the connectivity and function of mPFC neurons underlying adaptive behaviors, and to identify the molecular cues that wire these circuits during development.
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Recent Publications:

DeNardo LA, Liu CD, Allen WE, Adams EL, Friedmann D, Fu LX, Guenthner CJ, Tessier-Lavigne M, Luo L. Temporal Evolution in Cortical Ensembles Mediating Remote Memory Retrieval (2019) Nature Neuroscience 22, 460-469.

Berns DS, DeNardo LA, Pederick D, Luo L Teneurin-3 controls topographic circuit assembly in the hippocampus (2018). Nature 15, 328-333.

Savas JN, Wang YZ, DeNardo LA, Martinez-Bartolome S, McClatchy DB, Hark TJ, Shanks NF, Cozzolino KA, Lavallée-Adam M, Park SK, Kelly JW, Koo EH, Nakagawa T, Masliah E, Ghosh A, Yates 3rd JR (2017) Amyloid accumulation drives proteome-wide alterations in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease like pathology. Cell Reports 21, 2614-2627.

Allen WE*, DeNardo LA*, Chen MZ*, Liu CD, Loh KM, Fenno LE, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K, Luo L (2017) Thirst-Associated Preoptic Neurons Encode an Aversive Motivational Drive. Science 357, 1149–1155.

DeNardo L, Luo L. (2017) Genetic Strategies to Access Activated Neurons. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 45, 121-129.

DeNardo LA*, Berns DS*, DeLoach KE, Luo L (2015) Connectivity of Mouse Somatosensory and Prefrontal Cortex Examined with Trans-synaptic Tracing. Nature Neuroscience 18, 1687-97.

Savas JN, Ribeiro LF, Wierda KD, Wright R, DeNardo-Wilke LA, Chamma I, Wang Yi-Zhi, Zemla R, Lavallee-Adam M, Vennekens KM, O’Sullivan ML, Antonios JK, Hall EA, Thoumine O, Attie AD, Yates JR, Ghosh A, De Wit J (2015) The Sorting Receptor SorCS1 Regulates Trafficking of Neurexin and AMPA receptors. Neuron 87, 764-80.

DeNardo LA, de Wit J, Otto S, Ghosh A (2012) NGL-2 regulates input-specific synapse development in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Neuron 76, 762-75.

Wilke SA, Hall BJ, Antonios JK, DeNardo LA, Otto S, Yuan B, Chen F, Tiglio K, Williams ME, Qiu Z, Ghosh A (2012) NeuroD2 Regulates the Development of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses. Neural Development 7:9.

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